rifleman

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Recent Examples of rifleman Who is Daniel Penny? Penny, a former Marine sergeant, served as a rifleman to Camp Lejeune from 2017 to 2021. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water. David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 Trained as a rifleman, Anderson found himself in Vietnam’s Quang Tri province. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024 In the better of the two portraits, his grandfather’s face is drowning in a sheet of white, though Mandelbaum included dozens of little doodles to one side: Panzers, riflemen. Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for rifleman
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sharpshooter
Noun
  • The sharpshooter thrived coming off the bench for the Sun over the last 16 games of the year.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
  • Listen to this article 2 min Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese had a heated exchange after the Indiana Fever sharpshooter fouled the Chicago Sky forward in the third quarter of their matchup Saturday.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025

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“Rifleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifleman. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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